Information agency Credinform continues a series of publications about the largest companies in Russia. This time the experts of the Agency have analyzed the net profit and identified where the most profitable companies work.

The first ranking consisted a review on Top-30 of the largest companies in Russia by revenues for 2019.

Table 1. Top-30 of the Russian companies by net profit for 2019, and their business activities

No.	Name	Net profit for 2019, billion RUB	Change to 2018	Business activity
1	GAZPROM	651,1	-30,2%	Oil and gas
2	MMC NORILSK NICKEL	514,7	+212,0%	Metallurgy
3	LUKOIL	405,8	+84,9%	Oil and gas
4	OIL COMPANY ROSNEFT	396,5	-13,9%	Oil and gas
5	YAMAL LNG	251,6	-	Oil and gas
6	NOVATEK	237,2	+49,0%	Oil and gas
7	GAZPROM NEFT	216,9	+140,5%	Oil and gas
8	TATNEFT	156,0	-21,0%	Oil and gas
9	ROSSETI	135,2	-	Electric power
10	LUKOIL-WEST SIBERIA	113,7	+0,1%	Oil and gas
11	SIBUR HOLDING	111,9	+3,2%	Chemical industry
12	EVRAZ NTMP	110,8	+2,9%	Metallurgy
13	POLYUS	106,2	+213,0%	Gold mining
14	SEVERSTAL	105,7	-14,9%	Metallurgy
15	SURGETNEFTEGAZ	105,5	-87,3%	Oil and gas
16	GAZPROMNEFT-YAMAL	102,8	+15,0%	Oil and gas
17	ROSENERGOATOM	101,1	+155,0%	Electric power
18	LUKOIL-NIZHNEVOLZHSKNEFT	97,6	-5,3%	Oil and gas
19	KURGANMASHZAVOD	90,4	+46780,7%	Defense industry
20	ARCTIC GAS COMPANY	85,2	-3,0%	Oil and gas
21	NOVOLIPETSK STEEL MILL	83,4	-29,2%	Metallurgy
22	URALKALI	78,9	-	Chemical industry
23	TRANSNEFT	76,4	+655,3%	Oil and gas
24	LUKOIL-PERM	73,5	-8,0%	Oil and gas
25	ORENBURGNEFT	72,2	+22,0%	Oil and gas
26	SAMOTLORNEFTEGAZ	70,0	-8,9%	Oil and gas
27	Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha	67,1	+27,0%	Oil and gas
28	METALLOINVEST	66,3	+45,6	Metallurgy
29	MTS	64,6	+605,4%	Telecommunication
30	IRKUTSKAYA NEFTYANAYA KOMPANIYA	64,0	-29,0%	Oil and gas

The enterprises of the fuel and energy complex have the leading positions among the Top-30 companies as in the first ranking. Their share amounts to 60%. Picture 1 represents distribution of shares among 30 leading companies in Russia by the net profit.

Picture 1. Distribution of companies by the industry

Following the results of the ranking, the oil and gas companies still have the leading positions not only by revenues, but also by net profit.

*The introduction of KURGANMASHZAVOD among Top-30 leading companies is worth making specific mention. Growth of the net profit for 2019 amounted to +46780%. Such a result was achieved due to an increase of other incomes, which were generally generated after recovery of estimated liabilities.

MTS is as well listed among Top companies. Growth of the net profit for 2019 amounted to +605%, due to removal of provision for payment of fine resulting from investigation concerning the activity in Uzbekistan.

KURGANMASHZAVOD manufactures fighting vehicles and MTS renders mobile communication, internet and broadcasting services.

The Article 28.1 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation set a mandatory condition for the termination of criminal prosecution against persons suspected or accused of committing a tax crime or related to the non-payment of insurance fees to the State non-budgetary funds. Earlier it was full recovery of damage caused to the budgetary system of the Russian Federation before the appointment of a court session.

The Federal Law dated 15.10.2020 No. 336-FZ introduced a change excluding the phrase: "before the appointment of a court session". The amendment gives the opportunity to relief from criminal responsibility of persons who have fully paid damages at a later stage of the trial, i.e. already during the court session.

According to the Internet source "Legislative and regulatory acts of the Russian Federation", in 2020 the Article 28.1 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation was applied in judicial practice more than 140 times.

According to the Judicial Department at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the total amount of damage from crimes determined by acts of all legal authorities for the six months of 2020 amounted to more than 26 billion RUB.